{"id":455,"date":"2017-03-05T15:56:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T15:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/?p=455"},"modified":"2017-03-07T09:10:09","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T09:10:09","slug":"tech-skills-practice-dive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/2017\/03\/05\/tech-skills-practice-dive\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech skills practice dive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With such beautiful weather the water simply begs\u00a0for a dive. \u00a0So yesterday afternoon I joined Denis Marin for a dip at Xwejni bay, both of us having the sole intention\u00a0of practising tech skills (valve shutdown procedures, regulator exchange, buoyancy checks, etc.) and tweaking our\u00a0equipment configuration.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_460\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-460\" style=\"width: 2500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-460 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ed_IMG_5491_s.jpg\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ed_IMG_5491_s.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ed_IMG_5491_s-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ed_IMG_5491_s-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ed_IMG_5491_s-2000x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ed_IMG_5491_s-160x96.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The inviting waters at Xwejni bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;m firmly of the opinion that one should never stop reviewing their setup and trying to improve it, however small the required changes might be. \u00a0A lovely bay such as Xwejni Bay is perfectly suited to this purpose!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_461\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-461\" style=\"width: 2500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-461 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ed_DSC_4682_s.jpg\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ed_DSC_4682_s.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ed_DSC_4682_s-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ed_DSC_4682_s-768x648.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ed_DSC_4682_s-1779x1500.jpg 1779w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ed_DSC_4682_s-114x96.jpg 114w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Putting on the dive computer shortly before heading down to the water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Air temperature was a balmy\u00a018degC, which meant that while we weren&#8217;t sweating profusely, it was certainly feeling toasty in the drysuit! \u00a0We stayed very shallow with maximum depth being 8m, and the bottom\u00a0temperature was a relatively warm 16degC, but the dive was a relatively long 93mins one, so we certainly cooled down by the end and were very thankful to being in drysuits!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462\" style=\"width: 2500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-462 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ed_DSC_4693_s.jpg\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ed_DSC_4693_s.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ed_DSC_4693_s-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ed_DSC_4693_s-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ed_DSC_4693_s-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ed_DSC_4693_s-128x96.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shore entry at Xwejni Bay. Denis looks on in full concentration mode while I put on the gloves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We spent most of the dive hovering at various\u00a0depths, paying close attention to trim. \u00a0We identified a number of things that can be adjusted and refined for our next dive, so this was a very useful exercise and certainly one that\u00a0I highly recommend all divers to carry out on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>Until next time, happy and safe diving to all!<\/p>\n<div id='stb-container-5987' class='stb-container-css stb-info-container stb-caption stb-collapsible stb-visible stb-image-big stb-ltr stb-corners stb-shadow'><div id='stb-caption-box-5987' class='stb-info-caption_box stb_caption stb-caption-box' ><aside class='stb-caption-icon'><img src='http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-special-textboxes\/themes\/stb-dark\/info.png'><\/aside><span>Dive Log Info<\/span><div id=\"stb-tool-5987\" class=\"stb-tool\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"stb-toolimg-5987\" src=\"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-special-textboxes\/themes\/stb-dark\/minus.png\" title=\"Hide\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id='stb-body-box-5987' class='stb-info-body_box stb_body stb-body-box' ><strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a004\/03\/2017<br \/>\n<strong>Site:<\/strong>\u00a0Xwejni Bay<br \/>\n<strong>Time in:<\/strong>\u00a013:32<br \/>\n<strong>Time out:<\/strong>\u00a015:35<br \/>\n<strong>Runtime:<\/strong>\u00a093mins<br \/>\n<strong>Max Depth:<\/strong>\u00a08m<br \/>\n<strong>Bottom Temperature:<\/strong>\u00a016\u00baC<br \/>\n<strong>Visibility:<\/strong>\u00a0Very good<br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<script language='javascript' type='text\/javascript'>function getWR360PopupSkin(){return 'light_clean';}<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With such beautiful weather the water simply begs\u00a0for a dive. \u00a0So yesterday afternoon I joined Denis Marin for a dip at Xwejni bay, both of us having the sole intention\u00a0of practising tech skills (valve shutdown procedures, regulator exchange, buoyancy checks, etc.) and tweaking our\u00a0equipment configuration. 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